Dealmaker diplomat Aaron David Miller, AARON DAVID MILLER is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He advised secretaries of state from George Schulz to Colin Powell.

Untangling gridlock Ted Balaker and Sam Staley, TED BALAKER is a policy analyst and SAM STALEY is director of urban and land use policy at the Reason Foundation. They are coauthors of "The Road More Traveled" (Rowman & Littlefield).